* Husky, the fish-boy from ''Manga/PlusAnima''. It even gets to the point where the ''other characters in the manga'' are confused about what his gender is. He even has to ''drop his pants'' at one point to convince Nana he wasn't a girl, since she refused to believe anything he said to the contrary.* ''Manga/AiOreLoveMe'' lives off this trope. [[http://sherlockholmes.exteen.com/images/AnimeFv/AiWoUtauYoriOreNiOborero/dfdf.jpg Everyone in the background is a girl, and the one in the front is a boy]].* In ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'', it can be hard to tell if Nagisa Shiota is a boy or a girl as that person has GirlishPigtails, a slim build and is voiced by a woman. Unlike some other works, it's established early on that Nagisa is a man but it's {{Lampshaded}} in universe that even his own classmates were not 100% sure until they saw him in a swimsuit.* Because of the art-style and body structure, most characters in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' are hard to tell which gender they are at first glance:** The most notable offenders are Hanji and Nanaba, both officially women (Hanji only in adaptations, in the manga it is [[AmbiguousGender not]] [[AmbiguousGenderIdentity elaborated on]]) with strong features, but the author has said that [[TrollingCreator people can interpret them however they like.]]** Ymir and Armin also have this problem but the anime made Ymir at least more feminine looking.** The Smiling Titan looks very androgynous, as it has a slender body, large eyelashes, and rosy cheeks. Still, like every Titan except the Female Titan ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin who is female]]), it's meant to resemble a male human. [[spoiler: Though it turns out to have formerly been a human woman anyway.]]* ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'':** Hong Kong. A normal and quiet [[ChinesePeople Chinese boy]] or a ''very'' convincing {{Bifauxnen}}? The kid was eventually confirmed by WordOfGod to be male, but new fans still get confused...** Even China himself. Non-fans who know of the series' existence -- or even occasionally some unknowing fans -- call him a girl. Considering his long black/brown hair, his slim figure and small shoulders (at least in the webcomic), him being the second shortest of the main eight characters, his unisex human name, ''and'' [[Creator/YukiKaida his female seiyu]], it's not that difficult to fall prey to Viewer Gender Confusion when concerning him.** New Zealand is a source of this. Are they a cute short-haired girl or a simply effeminate looking boy in the vein of Poland and China? Eventually they were shown to be male.** Lithuania and Poland (the latter being a WholesomeCrossdresser) will often be mistaken for girls by new fans/people who don't know the series. An amusing comment on the [[http://lietpol-club.deviantart.com/ PolandxLithuania group on Deviantart]] remarks on this:-->'''Person 1:''' Are they lesbians?\\'''Person 2:''' They are two boys.\\'''Person 1:''' *mind fucked* o.o** In universe example in the English dub.-->'''Soldier on seeing Holy Roman Empire's picture of young Italy:''' Oh ho! Is this the painting of your little girlfriend, or boyfriend, or gender-neutral chibi-thing?** Kugelmugel: a braids-wearing, art obsessed effeminate boy. Was even referred to as "she" in the Tokyopop translation.* ''LightNovel/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts'''s Hideyoshi Kinoshita. It's basically the point of the character. It's gotten to the point that the fanbase has considered Hideyoshi to have be its own gender. Also to mention is that he can emulate anyone's voice.* ''Franchise/{{Beyblade}}'':** ''Anime/{{Beyblade}}'' gives us Oliver (at least in the English dub). With his feminine features, girly voice, pink beyblade, and unicorn bitbeast, many people assumed he was female. Some of them even thought his name was actually Olivia, and was just being mispronounced. Eventually everyone got the hint when he was continually referred to as a 'he'.** ''Beyblade'''s spinoff, ''Anime/MetalFightBeyblade'', has quite a few guys with questionably feminine appearances. Thankfully, most of them are saved with masculine voices.** Bit character Stuart from the original anime looks like the [[TheSmurfettePrinciple single female member]] of the Blade-Sharks, but is a boy like the others. He wears a cropped shirt, has a BeautyMark, has long eyelashes, and wears his hair in an effeminate bob.* It's surprisingly common to mistake Ciel from ''Manga/BlackButler'' as a girl. It doesn't help that one of the most well-known scenes [[AttractiveBentGender involves him in a dress]] and that he's only 13. * Hansel and Gretel in ''Manga/BlackLagoon''. By the end of their story arc, it's still not very clear if they were brother and sister, sisters, or brothers.* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': ** Although Luppi Antenor was clearly male to a lot of the fanbase and very into Rangiku's sexy body, he caused a lot of confusion with parts of the fandom who felt he was looking and acting mostly like a woman. The anime helped that portion of the fanbase by giving him a very masculine voice.** Some people have mistaken Wonderweiss Margera for female.** Berenice Gabrielli, a quincy killed by Kenpachi Zaraki. The fandom cannot agree whether the character was male or female, and Kenpachi's comments about this quincy are gender-ambiguous in the native Japanese, leading to translators and English-speaking fans to debate the subject. The flashback images of the face offer very few clues, as the character is either female or {{bishounen}} and could go either way. The feminine name also offers no clues as Kubo has given quite a few of his male characters feminine names, including the main character. When Viz translated the text for the official English release, they made the character male.** Another Stern Ritter, Äs Nödt, also caused much confusion since appearing in the manga. This is thanks to having big girly eyes, a hairdo resembling GodivaHair, a concealed lower face region, and a big figure-hiding cloak. The character has been pretty much confirmed male, however.* The Swedish manga ''Bleckmossen Boyz'' features a character named only as "Alex", whose deliberately unspecified gender and androgynous looks become a RunningGag. One of the characters eventually goes so far as to look up his/her full first name, but finds it to be "Alexis", a unisex name.* While revealed by p. 8 in volume 1 of the manga, Nakahara Tatsuki from ''Manga/BokuNoTsukuruSekai'', a very convincing WholesomeCrossdresser and Magical Projectionist teacher, is revealed to be a man from his son Ritsuki when he calls Tatsuki "Dad." * The Firey in ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'', with roughly equal amounts of evidence for both male (flat chest) and female (all the other elemental/humanoid Cards in the manga are female).* Chi from ''Manga/ChisSweetHome'' is a molly but most people (especially those who have not seen the series) think she's a tom cat. She doesn't have any traditional TertiarySexualCharacteristics and her tabby breed is frequently used [[GenderEqualsBreed more for males.]]* Considering the abundance of white-blonde {{Action Girl}}s in ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'', it's likely that most fans assumed that Isley was yet another one until he took off his shirt. Of course, you can hardly blame them -- does [[http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90/GoldenGal_42/isley.jpg this]] look like a man's face to you?* V.V. of ''Anime/CodeGeass''. A young boy, voiced by an actual young boy (for once), whose blond hair (longer than his body) and androgynous name throws many a viewer off.* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'': Ed is so tomboyish she easily passes as a boy. The fact that the Hungarian dub gave her a BOY's voice helps create confusion. The crew apparently didn't even realize it until Faye shouted it out at the end of the episode she's introduced in. Heck, Ed's own ''father'' forgets that she's a girl. Confusion over her gender is also partially responsible for the TropeNamer of CowboyBeBopAtHisComputer.* Jin Kazama from ''Manga/{{DAYS}}'' is a rather androgynous looking LongHairedPrettyBoy that many initially mistook him for [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the sole girl]] on the football team.* ''Manga/DeathNote'':** Manga readers often presumed Mello female by his tight pants and haircut. To combat this, the anime gave him an uber-masculine voice -- but then gave ''Near'' a female voice actor. In his first appearance, Mello [[http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90/GoldenGal_42/death-note-90630.jpg wears what appears to be a dress, tall boots, and a fur-lined coat]] longer than the "dress" (in actuality his vest blending in with the shadows of his pants). He's also got some very distinct hips in some shots, and at least one manga cover even made him look like a flat-chested girl. One moment in the anime also gave him some rather unfortunate shading on his vest, making him look like he had small breasts.** Even worse than that is Rem, Misa's shinigami. Sure, shinigami only have PurelyAestheticGender, but it's still a bit of a brainbreaker to realize Rem is a female. It doesn't help that her voice is extremely hoarse.* ''Anime/DemashitaPowerpuffGirlsZ'''s version of Snake. It doesn't help that the English dub of the series actually did turn him into a girl.* Raenef and Erutis of ''Manhwa/DemonDiary'' look like a girl and a guy, respectively. But, of course, it's actually the other way around. Raenef falls victim (rather literally, actually) to DudeLooksLikeALady at one point, and Erutis [[RageAgainstTheAuthor rants at the artist]] for making her look so boyish that the readers get confused.* Eisuke of ''Manga/DetectiveConan''. Inspector Sato can sometimes look more masculine than [[CuteClumsyGirl him]].* ''Manga/DGrayMan'' has a ''lot'' of {{bishonen}}, some of whom reach this level of girliness. Kanda, for example, is easily mistaken for female at first glance due to the long hair, and he's got nothing on the (male) CreepyTwins Jasdero and Devit; both are rather ambiguous-looking, and [[FusionDance in combo]], [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hIfZla1VWGI/SeRr54VRdVI/AAAAAAAACT4/rvpsGZt4Eek/s400/jasdebi7.jpg well]]... The author actually had to clarify their gender through the FourthWallMailSlot.* Ageha from ''Di[e]ce'' is another offender, wearing hotpants, mid-thigh-length stockings, a fitted jacket and a scarf which has a kinda flowery design on it. He also seems to have cat eyes and little pointy teeth, amping up the cuteness factor. Additionally, he is seen posing in a quite female or girly way, although the characters in the manga seem to recognize him as a boy immediately.* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': This is a problem for any digimon who doesn't have any overt secondary sex characteristics, including the very young (like Poromon or Calumon) or ones who look very different in certain evolutions. Usually, voices or TertiarySexualCharacteristics make it clear once more forms are shown.** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' has Garudamon who has been suspected to be male despite the other forms being obviously female, just because of the body shape (more anthropomorphic the others, long blonde hair).** Hawkmon from ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' mainly because he's partnered with a girl and all the other children get Digimon who are their own gender. Miyako/Yolei seems to be the only Digidestined to have a Digimon who isn't the same gender as her.** ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri'' has Meicoomon, a cat Digimon who doesn't behave that much feminine in comparison to the other three female Digimon (Piyomon, Palmon and Tailmon) and doesn't look obvious enough. Her nickname "Mei-chan" was the first hint, but for some people it's not enough. The biggest giveaway in ''Determination'' was Leomon's crush on her. By the time Meicrackmon: Vicious Mode was introduced, it's clear that Meicoomon was female from the start.** [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Cutemon]] is ''[[Anime/DigimonXrosWars Xros Wars's]]'' character of questionable gender: it's pink, wears floral-printed headphones, and has a high-pitched voice. And it's...a boy. His use of ''[[UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns boku]]'' gave him away.* ''Manhwa/DorothyOfOz'':** Tail looks feminine, has long hair, has feminine eyelashes, and his personality fits the GenkiGirl archetype. It doesn't help that he appears to have a {{Sarashi}} affect with his shirt and give him a "boost". ** Mara can provoke fan-confusion, due to her short hair and somewhat gender-neutral appearance.* Frieza/Freezer from ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' -- in Japanese, he is using fairly feminine language. In order to try to approximate this in English, where words are the same regardless of the gender of the speaker, they had him voiced like an elderly woman, which made him come across as a hermaphrodite. It didn't help that he had purple lips that looked like he was wearing lipstick, either, or that his final form had no genitalia. His other forms, however, did have a black speedo.** To be fair, he WAS voiced by a woman in the English dubs up until Dragonball Z Kai, during which and in subsequent appearances he was voiced by Chris Ayres, who makes him sound more aristocratic, masculine and closer to his Japanese VA.* The Headless Rider in ''{{LightNovel/Durarara}}'' is ambiguous for the first two episodes, as she's only shown from angles that mostly hide her feminine curves, and is referred as male by the people who talk of her as an urban legend. Then it turns out that she was the female narrator all along.* Some reviewers think that Mai and Mami from ''Anime/ExplorerWomanRay'' look almost like young boys, despite being teenage girls (and visibly so on closer inspection) who happen to have BoyishShortHair and to be a little over-eager for adventure (and treasure).* ''Manga/FairyTail'': It's not 100% apparent whether Midnight is [[{{Bifauxnen}} a tomboyish woman]] or [[DudeLooksLikeALady a somewhat feminine man]]. The only time anyone referred to him/her with pronouns they used female ones ('her', 'daughter', etc.) but that's obviously not complete proof... and in fact, eventually switched to using male pronouns. This is a translation confusion. Midnight refers to himself using a pronoun only used by men and boys, and the times that the translator has used him and daughter were actually gender-neutral phrases like person and father and child.** His being a man is more obvious in the anime due to a male voice.* Bedivere in the anime of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''. The guy's just as feminine as Saber and has Creator/MamikoNoto's voice. What are we supposed to think?** It gets worse in VideoGame/FateGrandOrder. At least he [[http://anime.astronerdboy.com/wp-content/uploads/blogger/_abkMP58OLUA/SlCOZUV7CEI/AAAAAAAAOhs/IvS99mnDiNs/s1600/x7%2BBedivere.jpg started out]] with a slightly deeper jaw and broader chin. [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/typemoon/images/5/5d/Bedivere2.png/revision/latest?cb=20160814064816 Now]] he's been "[[OnlySixFaces Saberfaced]]."* Ladios Sopp in ''Manga/TheFiveStarStories'', with his shy and soft-spoken demeanor, effeminate voice, baggy yellow clothes, big dewy eyes, and long braided hair is constantly mistaken for a woman. In fact, one character, Voards Viewlards, eventually learns the truth and still flirts with him! It doesn't help that Sopp is the alter-ego of the king of the A.K.D., who is named after the ur-goddess of Japan, and frequently played by a female Body Double while the king is off playing as Sopp!* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'':** Envy counts in the manga version of the story. He's stated in an omake as having no true gender, which means that it may or may not be a canon statement. ** Wrath from the [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist first anime]] is of similar circumstances to Envy. He's young, has long hair, has a voice actress, and the fact that he's lived in an isolated island cause confusion as to his gender. ** Den, Winry's dog, is female but is constantly seen as a male thanks to her unisex name and the fact dogs that look like her [[DogStereotype are typically male]] in fiction.* ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'''s victim is not Nuriko, as his real gender is revealed two episodes after his introduction. It's poor Chiriko who suffers from this, of all people.* ''Anime/GadGuard'': Takumi has long blonde styled hair and appears to be romantically linking up with Hajiki in his first few episodes. However, switching to the English-language dub leaves the viewer in little doubt as to his gender as the voice sounds masculine (despite being voiced by a female in the English dub).* Tomokane from ''Manga/GAGeijutsukaArtDesignClass'' is HotBlooded and refers to herself as [[OreAnne ore]], not to say she [[NonuniformUniform never wears her bolo tie to school]]. Even she still wears a dress, viewers need to consciously remind temselves of her gender. {{Lampshade}}d in the character sketches that said she's often confused as a boy when she's not wearing her school uniform.* ''Manga/{{Gamaran}}'' has Ranmaru Itou, a male samurai who looks very feminine.* The anime series of ''{{Manga/Gantz}}'' has the shorter of the bum-hunters (Hajime Moroto, which isn't much help for most English speakers, and you don't find out his name until after his partner in crime spills the beans anyway), whose elfin features, just-under-shoulder-length haircut, and bulky coat makes his gender ambiguous at best until the larger bum-hunter is talking about him to someone else and uses the male pronoun (this doesn't occur until several episodes after the characters first show up).--> '''Kurono:''' He's ''my'' age?\\'''Typical viewer:''' He's a ''he''?* ''Manga/GetBackers'':** At first glance, Kazuki, with his long flowing hair, long lashes and slim frame, would mislead anyone into thinking he was a girl. It didn't help that he was portrayed wearing female clothes in various points of the manga and anime, and he's grouped with the girls in one of the ending clips and some of the official artwork (apparently, the writers were in on the joke). He is also a victim of Tokyopop's ShesAManInJapan translation.*** It's quite justified in the manga: his martial arts style requires flexibility, which is trained by having him spend his early years wearing female clothing, and learning feminine skills.** Kazuki has a female counterpart, Ren; she appears at first glance to be male, to the extent that ''the other characters'' don't realize she's female until she points it out (read: yells it) in passing. Her personality doesn't help much, either... nor does her previously freaking out after realizing that the person she kissed to deliver a medicine was male (said person being... [[ViewerGenderConfusion Kazuki]], naturally).-->'''Shido:''' That's a girl? (muttering) I suppose if Kazuki can be a guy...* An interesting case comes from ''Manga/GirlsSaurus''. That cute girl getting [[TheChikan molested by men on the train]] and is saved by the main characters? Yeah, [[UnsettlingGenderReveal that's a guy]]. But wait, he's got breasts and is wearing a skirt!... Not really: turns out that he's so feminine that the main characters (and, indeed, ''everyone who meets him, man and woman alike'') hallucinate that he's built and dressed like a girl. * Speculation on the Youtube comment boards for ''Anime/GlassFleet'' continued to wonder why androgynous Michel was referred to as a boy but obviously sounded like a woman. Once that was cleared up, the fans turned to poor ''Ralph'', a child repeatedly referred to as a boy, with a boy's name, but with very feminine mannerisms and an obsessive crush on an older man.* Seguchi Touma of ''{{Manga/Gravitation}}'' is feminine enough to pass for a woman for several episodes -- even though he was always referred to as male in the subtitles and he had been revealed to be married to Yuki's sister!* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'' features several boyish looking cyborgs however all cyborgs are canonically girls. Rico has short hair, dresses in unisex (or masculine) clothes, and has a boys name. It was intentional on her [[TheHandler handlers]] part to make her seem androgynous.* Kuu and Kana from ''Anime/HaibaneRenmei'', helped by the latter's WrenchWench status. Even the manager of the cafe where Kuu works thinks she's a boy.* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'':** A number of those who saw the first ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' anime expressed annoyance that the titular [[{{Bifauxnen}} Sir Integra]] was such an embarrassingly pretty {{Bishonen}}. This is somewhat excusable, what with the author referring to her as "Sir", presumably due to a misunderstanding of British titles. A woman given the honor of joining a knightly order is referred to with the honorific "Lady" or "Dame" (depending on the order and rank). It was explained somewhere that it is some sort of a legal fiction -- to give Integra a chance to inherit the Hellsing name and Round Table position, she was officially registered as a man. So being legally a man, she is entitled to a male honorific.** Warrant Officer Shroedinger looks very much like Victoria Seras but with cat ears. * ''Manga/{{Heroman}}'' gives us Joey, the main character. His design is androgynous at best and his personality, body language, and ''especially'' [[CrossdressingVoices his voice]] are much closer to a tomboyish girl than a teenage male. It's enough to make you wonder. It doesn't help that [[http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Joey his name can be a girl's name too]], although more rarely. Joey is androgynous all around. Thick shoulder-length blonde hair, girly voice, short, thin, even a little curvy... Yeah, few people probably knew he was a guy when they saw him for the first time.* Oyashiro-Sama from ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' is used extremely mysteriously throught the series, and then the big twist comes in the 8th novel that Oyashiro [[spoiler: is actually a girl. Deliberate trick on the viewer]].* Fujiwara no Sai from ''Manga/HikaruNoGo''. It's not so difficult to see what his gender is if one has a passing knowledge of Heian court dress, but the western audience is left wholly at sea.* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'':** Kurapika. His gender is hidden for a large part of the manga and he is so perfectly androgynous that it's difficult to make up one's mind.** Neferpitou has no confirmed gender but translations insist on using arbitrary gendered pronouns, adding to the confusion.** Kalluto is one of Killua's siblings. He looks like a kimono wearing girl.** Alluka is perfectly feminine looking however there's confusion whether she's male or female. The reader was led to believe Killua only had brothers until her introduction. Killua refers to her as female however the rest of her family calls her "it". It's largely assumed she is [[{{transsexual}} transgender]].* Many characters from ''Anime/InazumaEleven'' but [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120909122605/inazuma-eleven/images/e/e0/Kirino_France_Clothing.png Kirino Ranmaru]] from Go stands out. He has long, pink hair which he wears in ''pigtails''.. But is nevertheless a boy. And a few players have been confused about Kazemaru and Miyasaka's gender upon first playing the game. Sure, the player will figure out Kazemaru's a guy after hearing his voice, but Miyasaka looks and sounds so girly in the anime that one has to constantly remind themselves that he's male. Probably justified in that they're young and might not have hit puberty yet, but ''come on''... Miyasaka had this problem so much, that the English dub of the anime actually ''gender-swapped him into a female''. * ''Manga/InuYasha'':** Jakotsu of the Band of Seven is a prime example of this, confusion deriving from him being a cross-dressing homosexual coupled with the fact that [[CrossDressingVoices his voice in both languages is provided by a woman]]. Apparently creator Rumiko Takahashi originally intended for him to be female, but opted for making him gay instead, as she wasn't keen on the idea of having Inuyasha fight a human woman. ** Shippo, the fox demon of Inu-Yasha's group is often mistaken for a girl due to having female voice actors and wearing a bow in his hair.** There was also a filler in which a [[BrickJoke sibling of an early set of antagonists]], the Thunder Brothers, challenged Shippo to a fight for revenge against "his" Brothers. Both actually sound feminine but they're young kids and the practice of hiring women to voice kids is ''very'' common practice. At the end of the episode, it's revealed that the younger "Brother" was actually a "sister"! ** Sesshomaru, in the early chapters of the manga, tripped up many people until Inuyasha explicitly referred to him as "Brother".* In the hentai series ''Jiburiru: The Devil Angel'' and its sequel ''Jiburiru: The Second Coming'', the main antagonist, Asmodeus, is a [[KillerRabbit demon-child]] with the goal that all demons in hentai seem to have: Tentacle rape the heroine into submission. However, the fact that they are voiced by a woman, have a voice that could be scratchy feminine or unchanged masculine, appears to be of an age right around puberty, semi-short hair, and partially revealing clothes do not help at all in deciphering whether they are a boy or girl. Finally it is revealed they are actually a hermaphrodite, when he/she has sex with the main character. (Did we mention they also have a smiley face on their penis?)* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''** Hermes from Part 6 is really masculine. If not for text and the fact she's in a female prison and some of the insinuative events at her first appearance (and other times), one would have sworn she was a he.** Also Narancia from Part 5, but in reverse as thinking 'he' was a 'she'. His attire and Japanese game's voice actor doesn't help.** Buccelatti is another one from Part 5 — his pageboy haircut and [[MemeticMutation fabulous]] outfit being mostly to blame.* ''Anime/{{K}}'' has Kuroh Yatogami, who looks ''a lot'' like the aforementioned [[DudeLooksLikeALady Yu Kanda]], and the occasional ShipTease he gets with Shiro doesn't help.** Some people have mistaken Misaki Yata for a girl as well, due to his slim figure and having a name usually reserved for girls.* ''Manga/KarakuridoujiUltimo'' loves this trope. The confusion ranges from just some ridiculously pretty {{Bishonen}} to the outright ''cruel''. Take at look at [[http://www.mangareader.net/770-42633-11/ultimo/chapter-11.html Service.]]** Service was so much ViewerGenderConfusion that the author gave him a ShirtlessScene. To say the least, the [[BrokenBase fandom]] [[UnsettlingGenderReveal freaked out]].* After ArtEvolution, ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'' has suddenly started getting a bunch of them. Chief offenders include the [[EnfanteTerrible Acrobaleno]] Viper from the Varia and Kikyo and Daisy of the [[spoiler:Real Furneral Wreathes]]. Only in the latest chapter has the translator been certain that Kikyo is male and no one can is yet certain if Daisy is this or a {{Bifauxnen}}.** It's now been confirmed that Daisy is a boy.* ''Manga/KazeToKiNoUta'':** Arion Rosemariné has confused some ''scanlators''. He dresses entirely in GorgeousPeriodDress, has long blond ''OjouRinglets'', and is voiced by [[Creator/YoshikoSakakibara a woman]] in the OVA. The only way many people have realized his actual gender is through the fact that he lives at an all-boys boarding school. In any case, his gender is proved once and for all when [[spoiler:it's revealed that Auguste raped him, and Auguste only goes for pretty boys.]]** Liliath Florian manages to be an even easier to get confused about. This minor character has [[FlowerInHerHair flowers in his hair]], is very effeminate both in appearance and personality, and seems to be flat-out referred to as a girl by other characters... and yet he goes to the very same all-boys school.* ''Anime/KillLaKill'':** Iori is a slender, long haired blond boy who's a part of the Sewing Club.** Not everyone realized Mataro was a boy until he's clearly shown naked and is referred to as Mako's brother. He strongly resembles his mother and sister, is prepubescent, and dresses like a {{tomboy}}. Many thought he was a ButchLesbian.* ''Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion'': Due to Tezuka's art style which averts TertiarySexualCharacteristics (even male characters have eyelashes), and due to the CrossDressingVoices, people who have no knowledge of the series watching the 90s dub for the first time and caught certain filler episodes have thought that the title character is ''female''.* [[spoiler:Kino]] from ''LightNovel/KinosJourney'' causes this trope. It's not helped by a certain tendency to use [[PronounTrouble both male and female pronouns]] on and off. Thankfully, the real gender is a plot point, and a good bit of the character's development and relationship with the audience is developed around the confusion... even if most viewers get it wrong the first time. The English translation of the first novel moves TheReveal chapter to the start of the book to avoid having to dance around pronouns, while the English dub of the anime [[spoiler:gives Kino something of an androgynous voice, so you're not sure if she's a boy or a girl for several episodes until a gender pronoun is used]]. * In the ''[[VideoGame/ShadowHearts Koudelka]]'' manga, [[spoiler:the little boy turns out to be a little girl whom her mother, a prostitute, disguised as a boy to save her from being used as a prostitute in turn.]]* Kurau from ''Anime/KurauPhantomMemory''. Even though she has an alternate persona in Christmas, who is obviously female, her ambiguous clothing, hairstyle and seiyuu cause some confusion. It gets better with age, though.* There is some disagreement about the gender of [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Pierre_Akeru.jpg Pierre]] in ''LightNovel/KyouranKazokuNikki'', which may well be the goal of the author of the original {{light novels}}. Pierre's real name, Akeru, is a typical girl's name, although there are no truly fixed rules for that in Japan. Also, Pierre has long braided hair and female mannerims, but in the world of manga and anime (and outside of it) that doesn't have to mean much. Pierre furthermore uses the gender-neutral "watakushi" for "I", which complicates matters even more.* Kira from ''Anime/LegendOfHimiko'' can definetly throw off viewers. The fact that her/his higher-ups call her/him "Lady Kira" assure us that Kira is female, but her voice does sound like that of a boy who sounds like a girl.* Several characters from the ''Manga/{{Loveless}}'' manga. Yayoi, Kio, and both halves of "Zero" who have longer hair in feminine styles, feminine body structures, and most often baggy/feminine looking clothes. And no voice actors to seek guidance from. At least in the anime, Yayoi, Kio and Youji are all voiced by blokes, and even [[Creator/MitsukiSaiga Natsuo's seiyuu]] is best known for [[CrossDressingVoices voicing young boys]]. The ''real'' prize for this trope should go to Yurio, who appears quite late in the manga, has a very girly hairstyle (bobbed with long curls underneath), has the kanji for "man" in his/her name, and generally gives people a headache as to what his/her actual gender is.* The BigBad of ''Anime/{{Macross 7}}'', Lord Geppelnitch, looks and sounds so completely feminine that most were convinced that the title "Lord" was a mistranslation. Several times the character is identified as male, but it isn't conclusively proven until the final episodes, where he appears without a shirt and the lack of breasts makes it clear. One fansubbing group felt the need to insert a note in the early episodes stating "No, ''really'', that's a guy!" to pre-empt the confusion.* In ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'', thanks to her deep voice, baggy clothes, and boyish looks, a lot of people mistook Otto to be TheOneGuy amongst the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Numbers Cyborgs]]. It wasn't until Jail revealed that [[spoiler:all of his cyborgs are pregnant with a perfect clone of him]] did those people realize that, yes, she's a female too.* Nachos from ''Manga/MagicalNyanNyanTaruto'' is actually a boy, but it's very hard to tell until his gender is actually stated because he has long hair in braids and looks more feminine than his sister, Chips. Their gender-neutral names don't help, either.* ''Manga/MagicalXMiracle'' inspires a lot of this. For starters, the main character Merleawe is a girl who [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals looks exactly like]] (and must pretend to be) the male Master Wizard, who went missing. In the bonus art, it's really hard to tell which is which. In addition, several fans have expressed confusion at Yue's gender. He's actually a man, but between the RapunzelHair, the {{Qipao}}, and the GenderBlenderName, things can get confusing. It gets more confusing when, in book 2, a female character who closely resembles him (both in looks and SugarAndIcePersonality) was introduced in Glenn's flashback. Perhaps Lampshading that, later in the book, General Lenolora [[UnsettlingGenderReveal makes fun of him]] [[DudeLooksLikeALady for looking like a girl]].* Ryo Kuromatsu from the manga ''The Magic Touch'' is a girl but she looks remarkably like a boy and is rarely seen in her school uniform. When first encountered in the manga, her gender is not specified, save for one character calling her "she" in order to surprise Amane Mihime, and the reader who didn't catch the gender drop.* Hana from ''Anime/MichikoToHatchin''; she even gets mistaken for a boy in a few episodes. She's young (ten years old), dresses in a boyish manner, has short hair, and her voice isn't all that feminine. The series takes place in South America, so UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns can't help either in-series.* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'':** Tieria Erde. Likely the first response of most viewers the first time he speaks (in a rather masculine voice) is "That was a guy?!" This spawned a bit of a MemeticMutation in Japan, as many artists gleefully went right to work in creating pictures of Tieria as a girl... While only having to slightly change some visual details (and in a few cases, giving "her" a somewhat GenkiGirl personality).** As if Tieria wasn't bad enough, season two brings a new character named Regene Regetta, who looks almost exactly like Tieria (curly hair aside) ''and'' has a very feminine voice (and up until his character design was released shortly before the season started, there was rampant confusion and speculation over ''his'' gender. Then again, his aforementioned [[CrossdressingVoices girly voice]] ''is'' provided by Creator/RomiPark, of all people).*** This was most likely a shout out to Gundam's original WholesomeCrossdresser, Loran Cehack of ''Anime/TurnAGundam'' -- Park voiced him too in her first major seiyuu role. ** ''ALL'' Innovators are basically this. Just try to guess the genders of Revive Revival or (really worst offender here) Hilling Care. Hilling was wearing a tuxedo in Ribbons' party and looks rather boyish, but still [[PronounTrouble uses pronouns]] and speech patterns that are distinctively feminine. WordOfGod is that they do have physical sexes, but most of them identify as genderless.* For people who have not seen ''Anime/MoribitoGuardianOfTheSpirit'' from the start, it may be a surprise that Chagum is a boy.* Norio Koga in ''Manga/{{Narutaru}}''. Apparently, some readers have gone through the entire manga without realising that the character is (biologically) male. It doesn't help that his hair is nicer than most girls, and that he's lusted after by both male and female fans.* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' has a few:** The first example would have to be [[DudeLooksLikeALady Haku]]. In their first interaction, Naruto thought he was a girl until Haku stated that he was a guy and even then commented that "he's even prettier than Sakura-chan!" To add on more gender confusion, Haku is voiced by [[CrossDressingVoices a woman]] in every language except the Hungarian redub!** Gaara's uncle Yashamaru looks exactly like his sister. Even though the "-maru" indicates a male, some translations referred to him as a female.** For that matter, had Sasuke not mentioned that it was a "man" that he vowed to kill or had he not been introduced as Sasuke's "brother", many a fan would've assumed Itachi was a girl at first glance. The luxuriously thick eyelashes, long hair, and short and slim build (when seen next to Kisame) didn't help. In a flashback to the night of the Kyuubi attack, the only feature distinguishing him from his mother's established appearance was the facial lines he inherited from his father.** Deidara's gender was ambiguous at first, as the long blond hair and slim build suggested a female. It doesn't help that he looks like Ino's older sister.** Sai's midriff exposing top and slim build, along with his EmotionlessGirl status cast some doubts about his gender at first.** Taken to its extreme with the seven-tails host, who is only seen on the splash page of one chapter and an artbook where ''[[WordOfGod the author himself]]'' stated [[ShrugOfGod he was unsure of his/her]] gender. He eventually settled on female.** [[spoiler:Kurenai's daughter]] Mirai in chapter 700 caused this reaction with a lot of fans. ** Inojin, [[spoiler:Ino's and Sai's child]], is male but has soft features and a ponytail. He gets his androgyny from his dad. ** Shikadai looks like a young version of his father however inherited his mothers big feminine eyes and long eyelashes. * Yoshiyuki Sadamoto admitted straight out in an {{Omake}} to an early volume of the ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' manga that Shinji's design is basically Anime/{{Nadia| The Secret Of Blue Water}}'s with a different haircut. So this is understandable. Not to mention that his Japanese voice belonged to a [[Creator/MegumiOgata lady]] who is ''very'' well-known for her [[CrossDressingVoices deep voice]]. Case in point, she's also well-known as [[Manga/SailorMoon Sailor Uranus]], who has her own entry. It happens a lot in the Alternate Continuity ''Gakuen Datenroku'' ("Records of Heaven's Descent"), where Shinji is at his most androgynous and really looks like Maya and where it's sometimes necessary to have a close look to realize that the cute short-haired girl is actually him. It does not help that any genderswap art of the cast just switches Shinji's and Maya's uniforms.* ''Manga/NurseAngelRirikaSOS'':** Dewey is a LongHairedPrettyBoy, likes brightly colored clothing, and doesn't have a particularly masculine voice. He's more {{bishonen}} then even Nozomu.** Zaida is an adult, unlike Dewey, but still counts. He dresses flamboyantly, has long eyelashes, and wears his hair long. In fact most of the antagonists have long hair, and the ones that don't are still {{bishonen}}.* IllGirl Kayoko Nagato in ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'' has a name that isn't very girly, an androgynous voice, and a ''very'' short haircut (her dinosaur tooth necklace doesn't help). The only telltales was her pink backpack and Doremi using -chan when referring to her.* While not the most common, Chopper from ''Manga/OnePiece'' in a few cases, being the RidiculouslyCuteCritter with a female VA and pink as his main color. On the Drum Island arc commentary, some of the dubbers at Funimation admitted they weren't sure of his gender until hearing his scream about being a man.** Then there's Dellinger, who, though flat-chested, acts flamboyantly, has rather shapely legs, and wears high heels. On Oda's [[http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/SBS_Volume_76 SBS Volume 76]], a writer congratulated Oda for finally including a flat-chested female to his cast, but [[WordOfGod Oda]] corrected him and said that Dellinger is male. His {{Justification}} is that Dellinger was raised from birth by Jora, another member of the Donquixote Pirates, who brought him up with her own feminine tastes.* Jun from ''Manga/PersonaTrinitySoul'' is very easily mistaken for a flat-chested girl. Slightly justified in that [[spoiler: his twin sister died in a car crash and donated part of her brain and organs to him, resulting in a shared Persona.]]* Ana Gram from ''Anime/PhiBrainPuzzleOfGod'' is apparently a dude despite looking, dressing and sounding like a girl. Apparently confirmed after taking his [[labelnote:shirt off]]you only see his back.[[/labelnote]] Despite this, he gets to share a room with the other girls and go on "girls only" dates, with his comments of "But I'm a boy" getting mostly ignored.* Epsilon from Urasawa's ''Manga/{{Pluto}}''. What makes it even more difficult is that he's based on the ''Anime/AstroBoy'' character Neptune (who is male), but shares the name and character traits (such as being a TechnicalPacifist) of a female character from the same series. It doesn't help that the fan translation has referred to him as "she" once or twice...* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':** A lot of fans are under the impression that Team Rocket agent Hun [[ShesAManInJapan was given a gender change in the dub]] despite the fact that the script directly calls "her" a man at one point. It really doesn't help that his dub voice sounds makes him sound like a woman.** Shaymin in ''Giratina and the Sky Warrior''. Cute little flower hedgehog... forme change to kickass doggy-reindeer thing. Coincidentially, its dub VA is well known for voicing Tails in ''SonicTheHedgehog'' games and ''Anime/SonicX''.** Mew. It's pink, cute, fluffy, has a high-pitched voice, and in the original games it gave birth to Mewtwo ([[GameplayAndStorySegregation Even though Mewtwo is otherwise said to be an artificially-created "clone" of Mew]]). It must be a girl, right? Nope, Mew's genderless... an "It".** Ash's Pikachu gets this ''a lot''. Pikachu has been called a "he" a couple times in the english dub and was implied to be male in Japan as he uses "boku" as a pronoun, but his gender wasn't explicitly confirmed this until the infamous Diamond & Pearl episode with [[BizarroEpisode Rayquaza and an evil Togepi]].** Most recurring Pokemon have confirmed genders starting with ''Best Wishes'', but (except for Meowth) are almost always referred to as "it".** Manaphy in [[Anime/PokemonRangerAndTheTempleOfTheSea the ninth movie]] has a higher voice and pony tail-like antennae may make it seem like a female, its gender is never officially mentioned, so its real gender is unknown. It's maybe leaning more towards male since it's named the "''Prince'' of the Sea" a countless number of times. [[DudeLooksLikeALady However, it still looks like it should be female, though.]]** Jessie's Yanmega and Pumpkaboo are both female but even she was confused.** The Mewtwo from [[Anime/PokemonGenesectAndTheLegendAwakened the sixteenth movie]] has a very feminine voice, but is physically identical to the (very masculine) original Mewtwo, and it presumably lacks a gender entirely. The same movie has a Genesect that (like Mewtwo) looks masculine and dangerous despite being genderless, but speaks with a soft, child-like tone. Good luck figuring out if it's meant to sound like a young boy or a young girl, though.* In ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' you have Konatsu the "Genius Kuoichi", a crossdresser who managed to trick Ukyo and the rest of the cast into thinking he's female until his clothes get blown off.* Richard in ''Manga/RequiemOfTheRoseKing'' is confused as female by some fans. Biologically speaking, he is intersex, but Richard considers himself male and refers to himself with male pronouns. * Huang Chaun from ''Manga/RikiOh'' is a very effeminate man with a slender build, lipstick, long eyelashes, and long painted finger nails, but he has a rather masculine voice in the anime. In the live-action adaptation, they went further and had him played by an actual woman and voice-dubbed by a man.* Risky from ''Manga/RiskySafety'' is androgynous, a voice that sounds like it either belongs to a tough girl or a young boy, and... ah, it's just hard to tell. The Japanese version never explicitly came out and said anything until about two-thirds of the way through, and even the dub got confused, referring to the revealed-female Risky as male, calling her "him", "he", and having a minor character refer to her as "Mister Shinigami." [[{{Bokukko}} She also refers to herself as "ore was" in Japanese, adding to the confusion]]. Please note this only applies to the anime adaption, as Risky in the manga is [[FanservicePack quite clearly a female]].* Junior in ''Anime/RODTheTV''. Letting down his long, flowing hair, after being introduced in boy's clothes has a tendency to cement the confusion,and don't forget Maggie who even does not wear a dress to a party or ball.* Kenshin from ''Manga/RurouniKenshin''. He has long red hair, a slim build and a rather feminine face. The author, in fact, stated that he gave Kenshin his X-shaped scar to make him look more masculine. Not surprising, as his RealLife counterpart, Kawakami Gensai, was said to be of a small stature, slim build and unusually pretty... for the deadliest assassin on the Loyalists' side. Both he and Kenshin had their fair share of being mistaken for a woman -- and the latter in-story too.* In TheNineties anime of ''Manga/SailorMoon'':** Zirconia is a decrepit old woman who's initially only seen in shadow, so by the time she was given TheReveal she had already been dubbed as an old man.** Sailor Uranus has occassionally run into this in some adaptations; while she has even occasionally portrayed as female ''only'' while transformed, many adaptations find hiding her gender [[PragmaticAdaptation too difficult or ingenuine to bother with]]. In ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal'', Michiru (Sailor Neptune) explicitly says that Haruka (Sailor Uranus) is "both a man and a woman", though whether that's supposed to mean she's genderfluid or that she physically becomes male when not Sailor Uranus is unclear.** Fisheye is an even worse case, being a WholesomeCrossdresser. Even some dubs that didn't have much problem with crossdressing and homosexuality to begin with managed to get his gender wrong.** Happens with Zoisite as well, thanks to Canada and several other countries dubbing him as a woman.* Rei of ''AudioPlay/SaintBeast''. Especially when the viewer doesn't know the show belongs to the [[BoysLove BL]] genre.* Happens often in ''Manga/SaintSeiya'':** Andromeda Shun has a feminine voice in the Japanese dub, wears pink armor, has a slight figure, and is prettier than most of the female cast. In fact, ''most'' of ''Saint Seiya'''s {{Bishonen}} are prettier than most of its female cast, and have fooled many unwary viewers. It confused even the French dubbers who had a female voice actress dub Shun's lines in the first few eps, until Ikki calls Shun explicitly his "brother". And later, there is this episode stating that female Saints wear masks, but the confusion's still there.** It's even worse with Pisces Aphrodite (also given a female voice in the French Dub). Even knowing that female saints are supposed to be masked, and thus he has to be male... he's girlier than Shun, wears lipstick and fights with roses... and seriously, [[GenderBlenderName he's called "Aphrodite"!]] Saga even describes him as "[[MeaningfulName the warrior of beauty]]".** Aries Mu, possessor of a very pretty face and long, shiny pink hair, also got a female voice in the French dub. ** Aquarius Camus was -- in the manga -- explained to have long red hair, long red fingernails and feminine features because the Aquarius sign represents the myth of [[YaoiGuys Ganymede]] and has been seen as both male and female. This didn't transfer into the anime, but it left viewers wondering exactly what other excuses Kuruamada had for all this HoYay and ViewerGenderConfusion.** The queen of this trope is Lacerta Misty. Big poofy blonde hair, wears pink, wears pink "lipstick" and says "alrighty"? It took until he was completely naked for most of the viewers to realise his gender -- and even then some didn't believe it. Even when his dub voice is none other than Creator/VicMignogna.* Several ''Manga/{{Saki}}'' viewers were quite surprised when [[{{Bifauxnen}} Jun]] shouted "I'm a girl!", partly thanks to her heavy usage of the "[[UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns ore]]" pronoun. Guess they just assumed that she was TheOneGuy in the entire tournament.* The manga adaptation of ''Manga/SandsOfDestruction'' has such a pretty art style that the male characters all look quite feminine (with perhaps the exception of Agan, who is given a strong enough nose and jawline that he's clearly male). As the artist also employs AdaptationalCurves for the female characters, the quickest way to tell if someone is male or female is to look at their chest; this is especially important for characters who are exceptionally polite, such as [[AllLovingHero Kyrie]] and [[CanonForeigner Kou]]. The original [[Game/SandsOfDestruction game]] and [[Anime/SandsOfDestruction anime]] didn't have this problem; even soft-faced Kyrie was still clearly a boy, just a gentle one.* Kougami from ''Manga/SchoolLive'' was thought to be female by many fans until it was revealed he [[spoiler:impregnated another character]]. He looks like a short haired girl, or a [[OlderThanTheyLook preteen boy]], but is apparently a college student.* Haihane of the disciplinary squad in ''Manga/{{Sekirei}}'' looks like an androgynous man until she loses her jacket (revealing [[HiddenBuxom she's female]]).* Many first time viewers of ''Manga/SgtFrog'' think cutesy, shiny-eyed Private Tamama is a girl. Oh how wrong they are...* [[GenderBender It was pretty much inevitable]] in ''Anime/{{Simoun}}''. Not helping was the fact that the most prominent breasts in the series are also possessed by the most prominent male character.* [[TheWoobie Crona]] from ''Manga/SoulEater''. Even WordOfGod [[ShrugOfGod refused to confirm]] [[AmbiguousGender her/his]] gender! In the English dub, Crona is referred to with male pronouns because the dubbers didn't want the dialogue to sound too awkward by avoiding the subject. No one, especially the ones behind the English dub, has a clue behind Crona's gender.* QT from ''Anime/SpaceDandy'', a robot with a female voice and mannerisms who takes on stereotypical female roles such as cooking and cleaning on Dandy's ship. Nearly everyone was convinced that QT was female. That is, until Dandy and Meow refer to him as a "he." The fact that they only start addressing him as male near the end of the first season didn't help.* The BoysLove light novel and anime series ''LightNovel/{{Sukisho}}'' has TeamMom Nanami. Everything about him is completely feminine and he even goes by a female name. His clothing when outside or at work are rather ambiguous, but at home he's usually seen wearing an apron or bunny slippers. The only hint on his male gender ever are the pronouns in the subtitles and in one episodes even the subtitle refer to him as female.* Kazuma from ''Anime/SummerWars'' has a rather feminine voice and is androgynous enough that a lot of watchers have mistook him for a tomboyish girl.* ''Anime/SuzysZooDaisukiWitzy'': The titular Witzy has raised some confusion to those who're not familiar with the ''Little Suzy's Zoo'' franchise, especially in the original Japanese dub where the pitch of the voice was high enough to be somewhat ambiguous. The English dub has him with a lower pitched voice, but it still confused some people into thinking he's a ''tomboy''.* Zaji of ''Manga/TegamiBachi'' is thought to be either a boyish-looking young woman or a man. It doesn't help that early on in the series, a girl named Nelli who looks a little like Zaji is mistaken for a boy.* Leeron from ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' can easily be mistaken for a woman at first because of his feminine look and crossdressing nature, but it turns out he's actually a homosexual, crossdressing man.* Suzuya from ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' dresses in a stereotypically masculine attire however still manages to come off as an androgynous woman. [[spoiler: This is justified as he was castrated before he could hit puberty.]]* People who never watched ''Anime/TokyoMewMew'' can mistake Kisshu for a girl due to his pigtails and [[BareYourMidriff midriff exposing outfit]].* ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' could easily have the title ''Gender Confusion: the Webtoon''. OK -- the list of named characters that cause hassle is currently this: Yu Han Sung (guy... honest, just believe us on this point), Ho (guy: no, seriously... don't let that hair or those clothes fool you!), Nya Nia (guy: even with that name!), Ran (nope, not a short-haired girl) and now we currently have Quaetro (undecided: as yet... we'll get back to you on that). Add to those the characters who, although you can tell their genders after a couple of glances, are still so painfully bishonen they can cause in-world issues: Baam (he can really fool), Agero, and... pop them in the right clothes, and you'd have problems with Hatsu and even Wangnan. Possibly even Leroro. WordOfGod is a good thing. Oh, and just to underline the point? SIU totally averts the trope with such testosterone-bleeding characters as Urek, Horyang (in his own, GentleGiant kind of way) and Novick.* In ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'', when you first see Vash and Knives as children they look very much like girls, but once you hear them speak you realize their gender.* Quite a few people mistake Fai from ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' and his "poofy Toma Seguchi coat" for a girl. Even though he is most definitely male, no matter how good he'd look in a dress.* Kanon from ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry''. He's even harder to differentiate than usual because not only does he look feminine, his ''voice'' sounds feminine too. [[spoiler:There is a reason for his feminity, namely the fact that he is just a SplitPersonality of Yasu/Shannon/Beatrice, plus the fact that with the reveal of Lion, [[AmbiguousGender it's confusing of what gender they truly are]].]]* ''Anime/UnGo'' has the detective's assistant, Inga, who apparently is an energetic young boy, although it's hard to be sure. The main issue being that for yet unknown reasons, possibly provoked by how close the 'truth' is in a case, Inga transforms into a vaguely monstrous (it's somewhat feline, and looks to be bigger than a person should be) ''female'' who insists to Yuuki that she be told a single question to solve the case.* Shinobu from ''Manga/UQHolder'' is ''probably'' female but just boyish enough that she could well be a boy with a girly face. Later chapters confirm she's a girl.* Canute from ''Manga/VinlandSaga'' amongst both the fandom and in-canon is confused for a girl when he first appears. He's male though, most certainly.* Dilandaeu in ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne'' has the voice and features of a girl, but everybody referred to him as a man, so that settled that. [[spoiler:[[DoubleSubversion The finale throws everybody for one hell of a loop.]]]]* Midriff-exposing, bangle-wearing Toboe from ''Anime/WolfsRain'' apparently caused ''author'' gender confusion -- an artist's note accompanying character model sheets in the first manga volume jokingly (?) laments "I thought he was a girl... sniffle".* In ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'', Chief Dokuro is typically assumed to be male, despite the fact that all New Devils are female. This extends to the anime, where in the dub she has a male voice actor, and in the sub her voice actress uses such a coarse voice that everyone assumes she's male.* Shigeru Kanmuri from ''Manga/YakitateJapan'', especially when he [[{{Crossdresser}} wore a girls' sailor uniform]]. Even the artist admits that up-close, he looks exactly like Tsukino.* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' has one in every adaptation:** Bakura from the second anime ''Anime/YuGiOh''. officially, he's a male with long, flowing white hair and a voice in the original Japanese that leaves everyone wondering. It doesn't help when you find out that he actually had a female voice actor.** Amelda/Alister has a feminine name in the original Japanese. And he looks a lot like a tomboyish girl with a small bust. He seems like a DarkChick version of a {{Shorttank}}, except for the fact he's actually male.** ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'':*** ''[[TheyCallMeMisterTibbs Doctor]]'' Crowler. His voice in the original is very clearly male, but the dub does add quite a bit of confusion to the issue. The purple lipstick doesn't help. The dub even lampshades it from time to time.*** Even worse is Yubel. You're pretty much guaranteed to guess the wrong gender. [[spoiler:Because "she" and "he" are both used in reference ''and'' Yubel is technically a hermaphrodite at this point. Even the original Yubel is very androgynous, though not to the same cheater level as most of the series.]]** ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' has three of these:*** Rally is supposed to be a boy, but has long red hair, huge round eyes and a voice that could be confused for either gender. His clothes don't help. *** Jeager is short with a slim build, a feminine high-pitched voice, lipstick and pointy ears. He's supposed to be a clown, but his gender is not very clear.*** Luciano is even more confusing. If he wasn't wearing a male uniform, the long red plait and girly voice could fool anyone. It certainly doesn't help those who play the ''World Championship Series'' games that, in the 2011 title, Luciano's hairstyle and outfit are only available for female characters.** As Marik from ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' said: "There are no women in ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' Only extremely girly men! And I am the girliest of them all!"[[note]]He may very well be: he has shoulder-length hair, a pale-purple crop top with these ''darling'' little gold chains across the bust, [[{{Guyliner}} eye makeup]], and massive amounts of jewelry, and his features are generally drawn a bit more [[{{Bishonen}} delicate]] than those of most of the other male characters.[[/note]]-->'''Pegasus:''' Keep telling yourself that.* Yuki Kaori has been guilty of making her characters (of either sex) look more like the other's gender thanks to her love of androgyny. She mentioned once about the character Rociel from ''Manga/AngelSanctuary'' that she got letters early on asking if he were male or female. Her response was something like "Well, I did say he was Katan's father..." * ''Waq Waq'''s Yoki looks like a woman with a feminine face and long hair, and dresses in loose robes, but is referred to as "he".* Some people that read ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' may have mistaken Kurama for a girl, due to the hair and the way that his shirt is drawn (with a fold at breast-level), only to be embarrassed when they find out otherwise. They should feel better when they read the story which has him [[WholesomeCrossdresser crossdressing]] to investigate a haunting at a girl's highschool campus, and several people mistaking him for a girl even when dressed normally.** In the Philippines, Kurama initially had a distinctly female VA and started out female. Yusuke was surprised to learn he was a guy on their first assignment in the demon world. The explanation given was that he was male in the demon world but female in the human world. However, all later appearances had him strictly male, regardless of which world he was in. The dubbers were apparently also confused as to Genkai's gender as the name they gave her was Jeremiah and her VA was very noticeably male. It wasn't until after she first transformed into her younger self during the Dark Tournament that she was given a female VA.** There is also the one shot villian Miyuki a very feminine looking demon dressed in feminine clothes with an equally feminine voice, after knocking him unconscious Yusuke and Kuwabara pull down his pants and are shocked that such a feminine demon is actually male.** The Hungarian dub of the anime has a deep but definit.* ''Manga/ZatchBell'' has Zophise, who is voiced by a woman in both the Japanese and English versions, has curly hair, and has clothes and a face that inspires resemblance to a [[CreepyDoll demonic doll]]. Despite all this, [[WordOfGod he is confirmed to be male.]]* Plenty of people have mistaken Asuka from ''Anime/ZettaiMutekiRaijinOh'' for a girl due to his effeminate appearance and teeny-tiny shorts, even on this very wiki. His name doesn't help, as it's the name of a female pilot in [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion another, more well-known series]]; and that his voices in both Japanese and English versions are pretty androgynous. Not that his [[LGBTFanbase fanboys]] care...* Ranewater Calder from ''Manga/ZombiePowder''. It didn't help that he's the leader of a gang called the "Ash Daughter Gang", and it certainly didn't help that he was drawn as being much prettier and feminine than pretty much all the women in the series.----